By Brad A. Johnson: Restaurant Critic: I’ve been sitting at the bar for more than an hour, patiently waiting to be seated at a table in the dining room. “I’m sorry it’s taking so long,” the hostess says. “The problem is that we’ve run out of menus.” It’s a busy...

Chef Updates: Eric Samaniego Can Be Found In . . . . Speculation went on for months after Chef Eric Samaniego was let go from Little Sparrow last July. We saw him participating in collaboration dinners, heard rumors of being linked to Vaca and was spotted doing some...

“It’s a short trip to Naples for Italian” From a first-time restaurant owner and a Milanese chef: a new Long Beach standard. The restaurant’s name—Michael’s on Naples Ristorante—sounds dubious, like the kind of place you might see showing up on British chef Gordon...